HTML DOM MouseEvent relatedTarget


The HTML DOM MouseEvent relatedTarget property returns the corresponding element that triggered the respective mouseover or mouseout event.

Following is the syntax −

Returning reference to the relatedTarget object

MouseEventObject.relatedTarget

Let us see an example of MouseEvent relatedTarget property −

Example

 Live Demo

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<title>MouseEvent relatedTarget</title>
<style>
   * {
      padding: 2px;
      margin:5px;
   }
   form {
      width:70%;
      margin: 0 auto;
      text-align: center;
   }
   #outer {
      width:70%;
      margin: 0 auto;
      padding: 0;
      text-align: center;
      border:1px solid black;
      height: 105px;
      background-color: #28a745;
   }
   input[type="button"] {
      border-radius: 10px;
   }
   #upper {
      border-bottom: 1px solid black;
      height: 40px;
      margin: 0 0 15px 0;
      background-color: #DC3545;
   }
   #lower {
      border-top: 1px solid black;
      height: 40px;
      margin: 15px 0 0 0;
      background-color: #DC3545;
   }
</style>
</head>
<body>
   <form>
      <fieldset>
         <legend>MouseEvent-relatedTarget</legend>
         <div id="outer" onmouseout="gameStart(event)">
         <div id="upper"><h2>Danger</h2></div>
         <div id="lower"><h2>Danger</h2></div>
         </div>
         <div id="divDisplay"></div>
      </fieldset>
   </form>
<script>
   var divDisplay = document.getElementById("divDisplay");
   var textSelect = document.getElementById("textSelect");
   function gameStart(event) {
      var fetchedID = event.relatedTarget.id
         if(fetchedID !== '')
            divDisplay.textContent = 'You are hovering over '+fetchedID+' <div> element';
         }
</script>
</body>
</html>

Output

Hovering over green (safe) area −

Hovering over upper red (danger) area −

Hovering over lower red (danger) area −

Updated on: 24-Oct-2019

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